Allah be praised that the Nats got rid of Guzman. The laziest player on the Nats by far. He is one of the most impatient hitters I've ever seen; he's also ballooned so much that he has no range defensively. Getting anything more than a bag of bats for that albatross of a contract is a coup for the Nats.

No, but they are necessary depth. Molina provides a catcher with experience, instead of Teagarden. Cantu is better than Arias. I don't know what you expected them to do, Daniels is trying to bring in more experienced guys to keep that lead in the standings and maintain it.

I'm not saying it won't work, but will it work is yet to be seen. I am happy that he's been active despite the bankrupcy. It amazes me what he's been able to do. But when I hear of them giving away their top 3 prospects for 1 player it makes me think guns are blazin' down there. It's a scary time. I hope Cuban is the new owner. The Rangers will keep Cliff Lee and be the Yankees of the West! :D

Allah be praised that the Nats got rid of Guzman. The laziest player on the Nats by far. He is one of the most impatient hitters I've ever seen; he's also ballooned so much that he has no range defensively. Getting anything more than a bag of bats for that albatross of a contract is a coup for the Nats.

You can't complain about his ability to see the ball though. He's consistently been one of your best hitters. He'll just be a utility player for the Rangers once Kinsler comes back. ...and he's not a "balloon".

With Omar Poveda, you might find something if he comes back right from Tommy John. I'm glad the Rangers got something tangible for him. Dude has been in the system so long seeing other guys pass him up year after year.

Right, but it's still $134M and you have to add 10 more players. I just think it will be interesting to watch and see if they try and move some guys or just fill in the final 10 spots with minor leaguers.

Oh yeah, it'll still be interesting. Taking a quick look at this. I'm assuming the payroll will rise to $150m (just by going off this http://phuturephillies.com/2010/05/0...-jayson-werth/ ) but they'd have to either find away to unload Blanton (and promote Worley up and place him in the rotation) but I can not see a scenario where the Phils would have 3-to-4 rookie relievers. I'm assuming Herndon is brought back but curious to see how the rest is filled out.

"A source confirmed the Rangers have traded for Cristian Guzman, but I don't have any details yet on the prospect or prospects traded. (MLB.c0m's T.R. Sullivan reports one of the prospects is Ryan Tatusko and MLB.com's Bill Ladson says the other is Frisco RHP Tanner Roark)."

I don't even know who those prospects are. Yay! lol.

Saturday Harden comes back to the rotation and Scott Feldman will go the bullpen where he belongs. ...Man, I want to have hope for Harden, but he's trash. Better than Ben Sheets, I guess.